#4110 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects
European Green Drake
🇳🇱 Breedstreepeendagsvlieg ·Ephemera danica
🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Kaaks, Deutschland
📍 Schaffhauserstrasse, Kleinandelfingen, ZH, CH
📍 Smołdzino, Polska
📍 09 Frankenberg/Sa., Deutschland
📍 Wellington TA21, UK
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Attila Oláh · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Matthieu Gauvain · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Chris Chapman · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Iris V. · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 5. © paola · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Kaaks, Deutschland:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 7. Schaffhauserstrasse, Kleinandelfingen, ZH, CH:© urbanbotanist · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Smołdzino, Polska:© fugi2 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. 09 Frankenberg/Sa., Deutschland:© robertocabo · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Wellington TA21, UK:© StefanVV · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Ephemera danica is a species of mayfly in the genus Ephemera .
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 8 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 6,357 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Otto Friedrich Müller in 1764 (262 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- European Green Drake
- Nederlands
- Breedstreepeendagsvlieg
- scientific name
- Ephemera danica
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Ephemeroptera
- family
- Ephemeridae
- sightings in NL
- 8
- sightings in Europe
- 4,244
- sightings worldwide
- 6,357
- GBIF records in NL
- 1,508
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1764 by Otto Friedrich Müller
relatives· Ephemeridae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 452500, Wikidata Q912420, GBIF 5716472, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.